X11vnc is a remote desktop server which allows one to view remotely and interact with real X displays (i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) with any VNC viewer. In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11 that WinVNC plays for Windows.

Tightvnc also makes packages for Windows (2000/XP) so you could control a computer running Puppy from Windows or vise versa. The Tightvnc viewer pet package also includes libXp.so.6.2.0 which is part of Xorg.

I have a computer attached to my TV that I use for watching youtube and hulu videos. So with x11vnc I can use my laptop as a big remote control.

After installing the package and restarting JWM, you should find them under Menu - Network. Click the Help button in the x11vnc-gui for more information.

Also, x11vnc was compiled with the -DSMALL_FOOTPRINT=2 config option. Which makes the binary smaller, but gets rid of the help file. So if you need to know the command line options, you'll need to go to x11vnc's home page.

Just to be clear, x11vnc server differs from other vnc servers in that it shows display number 0. That's the display you normally use. So if your looking at the computer running x11vnc server and someone else is connected with a vnc viewer you'll both be looking at the same thing. You can both fight over the mouse

If you want to have a different desktop for the users connecting with a vnc viewer, then you probably want tightvnc server:

I have used X11vnc server however it behaves very strangely when I use rdesktop.
In a sh file I activate x11vnc server after that it run rdesktop.
When rdesktop session ends, you get back to normal desktop on puppy.
But vncviewer from another machine still shows the rdesktop screen frozen and nothing can be done via vnc.

Is there a tightvnc server for Puppy 4.0 ?
I found one version 1.3.9 that gives lib errors...

Hi,
I have installed the viewer pet in a Puppy 4.1 frugal install on a laptop in order to access an OSX media server on the home LAN. When i start vncviewer from the command line in rxvt the pop up window appears and i write the IP adress that is given to the server. The output in rxvt looks like this:

I guess that the viewer is default configured to login via password authentication, but the server has authentication disabled (not so wise maybe but anyway...). Is it possible to get the viewer to start either without the password option, or maybe without connecting to any server, so that I can configure it via the GUI? I don't see any applicable option shown in the -help info.

I ran Tighvnc I downloaded with pet but could not connect to puppy with tightvnc from winxp. It timed out all the time without connecting (No password prompt)

then I tried xvnc and got in straight away.

You said...

kirk wrote:

Just to be clear, x11vnc server differs from other vnc servers in that it shows display number 0. That's the display you normally use. So if your looking at the computer running x11vnc server and someone else is connected with a vnc viewer you'll both be looking at the same thing. You can both fight over the mouse

If you want to have a different desktop for the users connecting with a vnc viewer, then you probably want tightvnc server:

There seems to be more then the above difference or tightvnc for puppy needs more config. I set the display geometry to 800x600 and even then it did not work.

any reason would be appreciated. X11vnc is working but if I don't ask then I won't learn.

how would i access two puppy pcs connected to a router...when my puppy pc is on another connection, other then that router?

easily done when i'm on the same network...jus type in the 192 ip address associated with that computer...but not as easy when i'm on a different connection. i know port forwarding has to be set up...but from there, not sure how to forward the right port, on the right computer, or how to set the displays to the right port to forward etc.

hopefully u catch my drift...but stuck in a tight spot. i can easily accomplish this on windows, having a hard time on puppy.

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